Ann Callis Quotes
In Washington, I'll always support military families and help veterans make the transition home, not just as your congressman but as a proud Army mom.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out. To have genuine empathy, not as a make-nice tool but as an understanding, is essential to the next step.
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I never felt truly at home in Switzerland.
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The military is a discrete entity. Then they come back, and they're such a small percentage of the population, and they can't really - it's hard for them to talk to civilians.
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I'm quite proud of my piano playing. Robin's never played a note on the piano at our recording sessions. I just wish I could be appreciated musically now.
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In Washington, I'll always support military families and help veterans make the transition home, not just as your congressman but as a proud Army mom.
